Experimental Organic Chemistry: A Miniscale & Microscale Approach (Cengage Learning Laboratory Series for Organic Chemistry)
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Author: John C. Gilbert, Stephen F. Martin
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Chapter 7.4, Problem 6E
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Interpretation : Whether the boiling point of a mixture of enantiomers is expected to be same as that of a single enantiomer or not should be explained.
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Enantiomers are chiral molecules which are non-superimposable mirror images of each other. Chiral molecules are molecules which have a central atom attached with different groups.
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Experimental Organic Chemistry: A Miniscale & Microscale Approach (Cengage Learning Laboratory Series for Organic Chemistry)
Ch. 7.2 - Prob. 1ECh. 7.2 - Prob. 2ECh. 7.2 - Prob. 3ECh. 7.2 - Prob. 4ECh. 7.2 - Prob. 5ECh. 7.2 - Prob. 6ECh. 7.2 - Prob. 7ECh. 7.2 - Prob. 8ECh. 7.2 - Prob. 9ECh. 7.2 - Prob. 10E
Ch. 7.3 - Prob. 1ECh. 7.3 - Prob. 2ECh. 7.3 - Prob. 3ECh. 7.3 - Prob. 4ECh. 7.3 - Prob. 5ECh. 7.3 - Prob. 6ECh. 7.3 - Prob. 7ECh. 7.3 - Prob. 8ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 1ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 2ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 3ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 4ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 5ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 6ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 7ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 8ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 9ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 10ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 11ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 12ECh. 7.4 - Prob. 13ECh. 7.6 - Prob. 1ECh. 7.6 - Prob. 2ECh. 7.6 - Prob. 3ECh. 7.6 - Prob. 4ECh. 7.6 - Prob. 5ECh. 7.6 - Prob. 6ECh. 7.6 - Prob. 7ECh. 7.6 - Prob. 8ECh. 7.6 - Prob. 9ECh. 7.6 - Prob. 10E
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